Highlights

Monday, 10 August 2015

Around campus with Jace Tunnell

Undergraduate students  Cypress Hansen, Eduardo Perez Vega, and Tricia Light sat down and talked to Jace Tunnell about being the Director of the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve. Jace Tunnell, director of the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (Reserve), gave the July...

Monday, 03 August 2015

Student Spotlight: John Mohan

Graduate student, John Mohan, studies the migratory ecology of fish. Credit: John Mohan.We sat down with John Mohan to talk about about why he studies fish and what he hopes to accomplish. John successfully defended his dissertation today - Congratulations John!...

Friday, 31 July 2015

Strange Creatures of the Arctic's Murky Depths

Graduate student Carolynn Harris, shares her adventures aboard the research vessel Norseman II. You can follow Carolynn adventures at: https://carolynnmharris.wordpress.com/blog/ The research vessel Norseman II in Nome, AK. Credit: Carolynn Harris.My first research cruise of the summer has come to an end...

Friday, 31 July 2015

Harbor Island Research

Harbor Island has been in the news recently due to the new leases for mooring barges. Harbor Island has been used for facilitating the transfer of industrial goods since the early 1900s. It is also an area valued for its aesthetics...

Thursday, 30 July 2015

How Jellyfish Break Down Oil After a Spill

Jellyfish produce mucus, especially when stressed, which can interact with oil and break it down. This moon jellyfish is sloughing off mucus that has mixed with droplets of oil. Credit: Brad Gemmell.Jellyfish aren't the passive creatures you think they are. While...